So today, I had an older customer who was buying a laptop and was going to pick it up in a few weeks and I was like "Alright, cool," even though her tone and accent gave me this feeling in my gut like "ugh old rich white ladies..." and I was hoping we could just get through the order with no trouble.
Buuuut then I see her pull out a checkbook and I cringe inside, because the store's system is super old and we have to call a place to get checks authorized since the little check reader machines don't work properly (they'll read checks usually, but they don't always authorize them). So this lady writes her check and I get her information and call to authorize the check...
It takes almost twenty minutes to get through, because the guy at the authorization place took forever and I was on hold for like ten minutes and he had to call the lady's cell phone and ask her security questions. And then the lady was already getting testy because it was taking him so long, so when he finally called her phone, she started ranting at him and being mean to him and condescending/microaggressively racist about how he's based in the Philippines, and then she wanted to talk to our general manager about how we need to get a new vendor or whatever that's more professional.
And the whole time me and my supervisor are just like smile and nodding at her (and the general manager wasn't in today, so my supervisor just went through the motions on that), but oddly enough, she was like "I know it's not your fault" when we apologized for how long it took, but she was still mad so it was awkward for us.
And right after she left, this super rich guy (he owns like the other half of the shopping center and he's one of the few people who can write checks for his orders and have them taken immediately) writes a check. He'd actually gotten there halfway through me being on hold with the lady's check, but my supervisor was waiting on him and he wandered off to get something before the lady started ranting at the authorization guy.
So today, I had an older customer who was buying a laptop and was going to pick it up in a few weeks and I was like "Alright, cool," even though her tone and accent gave me this feeling in my gut like "ugh old rich white ladies..." and I was hoping we could just get through the order with no trouble.
Buuuut then I see her pull out a checkbook and I cringe inside, because the store's system is super old and we have to call a place to get checks authorized since the little check reader machines don't work properly (they'll read checks usually, but they don't always authorize them). So this lady writes her check and I get her information and call to authorize the check...
It takes almost twenty minutes to get through, because the guy at the authorization place took forever and I was on hold for like ten minutes and he had to call the lady's cell phone and ask her security questions. And then the lady was already getting testy because it was taking him so long, so when he finally called her phone, she started ranting at him and being mean to him and condescending/microaggressively racist about how he's based in the Philippines, and then she wanted to talk to our general manager about how we need to get a new vendor or whatever that's more professional.
And the whole time me and my supervisor are just like smile and nodding at her (and the general manager wasn't in today, so my supervisor just went through the motions on that), but oddly enough, she was like "I know it's not your fault" when we apologized for how long it took, but she was still mad so it was awkward for us.
And right after she left, this super rich guy (he owns like the other half of the shopping center and he's one of the few people who can write checks for his orders and have them taken immediately) writes a check. He'd actually gotten there halfway through me being on hold with the lady's check, but my supervisor was waiting on him and he wandered off to get something before the lady started ranting at the authorization guy.
I fucking hate checks with a passion. Whenever I am forced to write a check for anything (usually some school fieldtrip or some such), I start getting really testy.
How can you have any pudding if you won't eat your meat?
I fucking hate checks with a passion. Whenever I am forced to write a check for anything (usually some school fieldtrip or some such), I start getting really testy.
I think the last time I wrote a check was at the doctor's like two years ago. I never carry more than a couple in my bag and I've never written in the balancing part of my checkbook.
I think the last time I wrote a check was at the doctor's like two years ago. I never carry more than a couple in my bag and I've never written in the balancing part of my checkbook.
We have a small firesafe for important documents (birth certificates, passports, wills, etc.). The checkbook never comes out of there unless there is a reason to write a check. It makes me even more annoyed because then I need to find the key and everything. I have never, in my life, written numbers in the little checkbook either.
Receiving checks is a bit less annoying, but depending on the dollar amount, still annoying. Daughter just got a $25 check for winning an MLK poetry contest for school, so now I have to figure out if the bank will let me cash it in her name or what identification I have to bring with me.
I think the last time I wrote a check was at the doctor's like two years ago. I never carry more than a couple in my bag and I've never written in the balancing part of my checkbook.
We have a small firesafe for important documents (birth certificates, passports, wills, etc.). The checkbook never comes out of there unless there is a reason to write a check. It makes me even more annoyed because then I need to find the key and everything. I have never, in my life, written numbers in the little checkbook either.
Receiving checks is a bit less annoying, but depending on the dollar amount, still annoying. Daughter just got a $25 check for winning an MLK poetry contest for school, so now I have to figure out if the bank will let me cash it in her name or what identification I have to bring with me.
I don't think I've ever cashed a check. I've only ever deposited them into my own account and since I can do it by phone or ATM, I haven't had to enter a bank in months (but I should go in once in a while for the lollipops).
I don't think I've ever cashed a check. I've only ever deposited them into my own account and since I can do it by phone or ATM, I haven't had to enter a bank in months (but I should go in once in a while for the lollipops).
She doesn't have an account. If I remember check rules correctly, I think I can drop it in the ATM if she signs it, then just give her 25 bucks.
How can you have any pudding if you won't eat your meat?
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